Black, Alabama

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Black
Geneva County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Black Highlighted.svg
Location in county and state
Basic data
State : United States
State : Alabama
County : Geneva County
Coordinates : 31 ° 1 ′  N , 85 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 31 ° 1 ′  N , 85 ° 45 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 207 (as of 2010)
Population density : 25.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.0 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 8.0 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 69 m
Postal code : 36314
Area code : +1 334
FIPS : 01-07120
GNIS ID : 0114392

The Town of Black is located in Geneva County in the US state of Alabama . According to the 2010 census, Black had 207 residents. The total area of ​​the place is 8 km².

geography

Black is located in southeast Alabama in the southern United States in townships 17 and 26 of the Public Land Survey System . The place is just a few meters north of the Florida border . The city limits are almost square and each edge is 10,400 feet (3.17 kilometers).

Nearby places include Hartford (7 km north), Esto (7 km southeast), Geneva (8 km west), Noma (9 km southeast) and Slocomb . The next larger city with 205,000 inhabitants is the capital of Alabama, Montgomery, about 150 kilometers to the north .

history

In 1902 the railway line from Georgiana, Alabama to Graceville, Florida (Graceville Branch) through the area of ​​the city of Black was completed. As a result, a post office was opened in the same year. The city was founded in 1905. The city was named after the founding family.

traffic

Black is connected by a main road to Alabama State Route 167 , about 6 kilometers east, and 5 kilometers south to Florida State Road 2 .

Geneva Municipal Airport is about 11 kilometers to the northwest .

Through the place led the started by the Alabama and Florida Railroad and completed and operated by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad railway line from Georgiana (Alabama) to Graceville (Florida) . From 1980 the line was operated by the L&N successor company Seaboard System Railroad and discontinued in 1984.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census , Black had 202 residents, spread across 85 households and 57 families. The population density was thus 25.3 inhabitants / km². 94.06% of the population were white and 5.45% were African American. Children under the age of 18 lived in 29.4% of households. The median income was $ 31,250 per household, with 19.2% of the population living below the poverty line .

By the 2010 census , the population rose to 207.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the United States Census Bureau
  2. www.alabamagis.com
  3. Place Names in Alabama , University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 1989, p. 18 ( on Google Books )